2008-10-20
Accomplishment apparently doesn’t feel ordinary anymore and there is need to find the road back home. It seems Ben may find a conventional life in Effington on his Way To Normal Illinois. He is perplexed that now his affluence results in Free Coffee when he could have really used it more when he was broke. Ben Folds third solo release finds him continuing on his path melodramatic lyricism and key banging melodies which is not so un-normal for him. –While LeeIsobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
SNOW PATROL
Fallen Empires
Liam McKay and the Saints
Confessions to a Lover
GUY FORSYTH
Love Songs For and Against
4 Way Street
Pretzel Park
SNAKE OIL CHARLATANS
Elixir
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